Account Executive

Job Title:               Account Executive

Reports To:          Team Lead

FLSA Status:        Full Time - Salaried, Exempt

Location:              Skillman, NJ (Northen/entral NJ)

Who is pep:

When smart business, a drive for success, and a family atmosphere combine, you get pep! At pep, we help deliver the strategy for brands worldwide– seamlessly managing all the details so that the brand can stay focused on their big picture.  Through our expertise in marketing operations, we help execute our clients’ marketing campaigns more effectively than anyone else in the world.  We know that sourcing is essential to brand success as well, so we’ve become experts in leveraging scale and spend to save our clients’ time and money.  We’re not all talk- our results back us up too!  To date, we’ve managed campaigns for over 750 brands, delivering an average of 21% savings on over $5 billion in marketing spend.  Our success also pays it forward to our employees by allowing us to offer paid parental leave, work-life flexibility and remote working opportunities to name a few.  Want to be a part of something original? Check out our growing team and join us! 

Summary of Position:  

The Account Executive position is responsible for managing marketing campaigns and keeping the project work on time and on budget.  The essential duties and responsibilities include the following. 

Key Responsibilities and Attributes:

•    Manage all aspects of the execution of consumer promotions tactics for your assigned brand categories including timelines, artwork routing and approval and files asset delivery.  

•    Responsible for tactics such as FSIs, digital coupons, Ibotta, Catalina and displays/POP.   

•    Create, maintain, and communicate timeline expectations to appropriate client, supplier and internal personnel and proactively communicate to relevant business units when timelines may be affected

•    Conduct regular status meetings with brand stakeholders to review CP projects status and gain necessary input to progress programs forward

•    Collaborate with necessary external vendors like Vericast, Quotient/Neptune, and Ibotta as well as client stakeholders like Consumer Promotions, Brand Marketing, Regulatory, and Legal to ensure proper approvals and ensure flawless execution.  

•    Set up creative alignment calls across business units when applicable. 

•    Work closely with Sales and Brand teams on gaining alignment on artwork and lead weekly conference calls with the Retail Sales Team based on business supported

•    Coordinate request and receipt of all purchase orders for assigned programs

•    Review vendor SOW template and rates for accuracy against pre-established guidelines, where applicable

•    Communicate recommendations that allow our customers reduce cycle time and drive efficiencies

•    Support with compiling scorecards and lessons learned

•    Complete cost reconciliation and file closure at program close

•    Assist in the establishment and development of processes/procedures.

•    Seek-out additional training in your promotion area. Strive to become an expert in the promotion type you execute most often for the client. 

•    Deliver internal requests and assets in a thorough and timely manner

Knowledge/Skills Preferred:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  A successful candidate will have the following skills:

•    Preferred, but not required: Bachelor’s in Business or Communication a 2.8+ GPA from four-year college or university; or Minimum 18 months of applicable business experience

•    Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals as well as operate internal, online systems

•    Ability to write routine reports and correspondence

•    Ability to be client facing 

•    Ability to mentor, grow and work harmoniously as part of a larger team

•    Ability to do intermediate-level math (calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages)

•    Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form

•    Ability to problem solve and think critically

•    Effectively utilizes staff including delegating as appropriate

•    Ability to manage healthy business processes

•    To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Power Point, and Excel. Typing skills should be a minimum of 55 wpm

•    Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

*pep provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, pep complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

pep expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of pep’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.